Android Auto: a guide to best practices for developers

Google introduced a set of best practices for developers wishing to exploit the features of the platform Android Auto. In Focus: road safety.

Android Auto is a software platform for using the features of smartphones while driving, via the dashboard of a vehicle: make phone calls or use the voice search system Google Now for example. Developers who want to make their apps compatible with Android Auto must now comply with specifications to ensure the safety of motorists. For Google, this is part of the requirements for security certificates builders and authorities.

Among the first orders of Google: Apps should not distract drivers. Thus, apps used by car must be optimized and simplified "app design is used car is fundamentally different from those designed for smartphones and tablets." Concretely, this means among other things that the default interface apps can not be changed.

Other measures, app architecture, development process, and the test phase are found in the Android Auto guide.